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Francis, rest in peace.

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This article assumes all UK - EU trains will. Start and end in London. There’s no mention of services to other British cities, which was long promised but never delivered www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

One of the best journalists I know is with #VoiceOfAmerica's #Russia service Now she and her colleagues are suddenly out of work and the US loses the "soft power" of their broadcasting expertise Just because a Man-Baby and his Chainsaw buddy are feeding their egos #Ukraine

submitted 69 days ago • 2 comments

Trump’s cheerleaders on the UK right - including politics and the media - now have a decision to make as Trump predictably embraces Putin and throws Ukraine and democratic Europe under a bus. I saw this coming … why didn’t these hard right clowns?

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

www.theguardian.com/football/202... The Champions League is a scam, a cartel designed to keep the rich clubs rich and prevent any sustained challenge. It also distorts domestic leagues. Scrap the champions league and return to a European knock-out cup format.

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

What was I saying earlier…

submitted 101 days ago • 1 comment

"For GB News chief executive Angelos Frangopoulos, countering the threat from Stop Funding Hate (SFH) has been a constant worry since the station was founded" - Daily Telegraph Your support can help keep up the pressure: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-gb-news

submitted 105 days ago • 7 comments

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submitted 105 days ago • 5 comments

Fascism. One of those things that happens slowly at first. Then all at once.

submitted 126 days ago • 2 comments

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... Here’s a solution to the European fixture congestion, Pep: scrap the champions league and return it to a knock out competition - and bring fairness back to football

submitted 112 days ago • 0 comments

A huge thanks to everyone who shared our Crowdfunder yesterday - we're now nearly 40% of our target and not far from 150 pledges! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-gb-news

submitted 119 days ago • 0 comments

Very poorly researched article on running in Chester. It makes no mention of the hugely successful #Chesterparkrun in #CountessCountryPark which sees 400 runners every Saturday taking part. www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/2487859...

submitted 119 days ago • 0 comments

Prince Harry is unpopular because of a decade or more of media onslaught against him and his wife; the onslaught because he dared to stand up and expose the wrongdoings of the press. He is brave and he has been vindicated. Let’s hope our press now changes - or is forced to change.

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

4 years to go and counting ….

submitted 123 days ago • 0 comments

Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.

submitted 124 days ago • 856 comments

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... A fantastic story that would be impossible now with the champions league cartel embedded at the top across Europe and domestically

submitted 138 days ago • 0 comments

The thing is, hunts were given a chance. Carry on riding your horses across other people’s land, blocking roads and causing chaos. Just don’t deliberately kill animals. A law so full of holes and they still flout it because they can. They had their chance and blew it - so ban all hunting now.

submitted 147 days ago • 0 comments

So eloquently put. Israel accusing Ireland of “crossing every red line” is perverse.

submitted 156 days ago • 54 comments

“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs, whatever.”

submitted 155 days ago • 100 comments

Day 18 – another wildlife crime from another hunt . This time the Axe Vale Harriers . Watch as they illegally dig a fox out from a badger sett using terriers – the fox escapes only due to the Sab cameras . We need a #RealBanNow @huntsabs.bsky.social

submitted 156 days ago • 13 comments

I often wonder if Americans have any idea how crazy other countries think this situation is.

submitted 157 days ago • 48 comments

What is up with these Tories? Cameron and May meet a Chinese spy, then loose lipped Johnson dumps his security detail and fucks off to meet a Russian spy. And gets pissed. The only ppl who are a threat to our security are the Tories. Not one Tory has condemned this behaviour.

submitted 159 days ago • 0 comments

the idea that area of Green Belt “the size of Surrey” could be built on would be equivalent to 15% of total green belt but planning experts Lichfields told FT up to 500,000 homes could be built on grey belt land over 5 years, requiring under 1% of current greenbelt www.ft.com/content/1352...

submitted 163 days ago • 14 comments

This gingerbread model of the hotel from The Shining gives a new meaning to “Christmas spirit”. #GingerbreadHouseDay #Recap www.thepoke.com/2018/12/17/t...

submitted 163 days ago • 0 comments

'Clarkson gave interviews to Top Gear and the BBC about his reasons for purchasing land, stating clearly it was to avoid tax, to shoot and so he could own a quad bike, but seems less keen to be reminded of that now' @sussexbylines.bsky.social @rossmcnally.bsky.social

submitted 163 days ago • 10 comments

The sustained abuse and murder of a 10 year old child? Whole life or at least 40 years please, Your Honour.

submitted 163 days ago • 0 comments

Just a reminder: All vaccines used in public health have been rigorously tested. Their benefits greatly outweigh their risks. While a few people have a medical reason for not taking vaccines, most people (and the population overall) will benefit. Doctors who claim otherwise are irresponsible.

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Day 7 of my (b)advent counting down the top 20 worst fox hunting crimes with @huntsabs.bsky.social . . . it’s the infamous Cottesmore Hunt and their paid thugs that try to keep the cameras away #RealBanNow

submitted 168 days ago • 15 comments

Happy International Civil Aviation Day! Which flights are you following today?

submitted 168 days ago • 6 comments

With Nigel Farage back on Question Time and with around 300,000 reads in over 144 countries but still with no response from Question Time Here's @docrussjackson.bsky.social's open letter to the BBC about widely held concerns about why bias on #bbcqt is not going away @yorksbylines.bsky.social

submitted 169 days ago • 32 comments

This is why we need a #RealBanNow

submitted 169 days ago • 2 comments

British businesses have blamed "mind-boggling" bureaucracy on a £3bn-a-year hit to food exports since Brexit news.sky.com/story/mind-b...

submitted 171 days ago • 19 comments

“Officers investigating an alleged fox hunt in Milton on Saturday (30 November) are appealing for witnesses,” said a police spokesperson. www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/hunt-sa...

submitted 172 days ago • 1 comment

wouldn’t it be refreshing to hear an anti-vax person to say, “okay three years have passed since the Covid jab and I’ve just realised the vast majority of you were fine”

submitted 172 days ago • 47 comments

It’s the Posh !!

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“Just three companies, News Corp (Murdoch family), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT, Viscount Rothermere) and Reach plc, control over 80% of daily newspaper circulation… The hyper-rich continue to invest huge sums in acquiring control of media” We need a free press - ie free from the billionaires.

submitted 173 days ago • 105 comments

Dyche out

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“Just three companies, News Corp (Murdoch family), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT, Viscount Rothermere) and Reach plc, control over 80% of daily newspaper circulation..all answerable to nobody and with no concern for democracy” We absolutely need a free press sussexbylines.co.uk/politics/dem...

submitted 174 days ago • 55 comments

We need an urgent inquiry in the UK into foreign interference in our politics & media. …one which needs to advise rules for Parliament to enact before the next General Election hits.

submitted 174 days ago • 135 comments

Your annual reminder that in Britain, Black Friday was the last working Friday before Christmas when everyone went out after work and things got ugly. It has nowt to do with Thanksgiving in the US not any related shopping promotions.

submitted 176 days ago • 0 comments